It was a very cold one this morning, -6 !!! - Bridge to 10K

Bridge to 10K

16,490 members26,416 posts

It was a very cold one this morning, -6 !!!

orangeguy profile image
orangeguyGraduate10
13 Replies

Good morning fellow runners - just back from my short 3k run of the week, complete with gloves and beanie hat I was out there at 7.30 :) Here in Northants there is no snow but its a very frosty -6 degrees this morning. All the people wrapped in multiple layers on their way to work were looking at me as though I was crazy, they maybe right but strange as it may seem I do actually like running in the cold and even the snow when we have it . . . stay warm everybody :)

Written by
orangeguy profile image
orangeguy
Graduate10
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
13 Replies
Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate10

Brrrr!!! Well done you.... Fog and ice here today! Too dangerous to run... so... you have done well... What a great start to your day!

orangeguy profile image
orangeguyGraduate10 in reply to Oldfloss

I have to confess my first thought was to wait a few hours until it got a bit warmer up but I'm glad I didn't, I really enjoyed it when I got warmed up . . . I was even tempted to turn the heating down when I got home :)

Oldfloss profile image
OldflossAdministratorGraduate10 in reply to orangeguy

See... this running saves money too... :)

AlMorr profile image
AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

You are not crazy, you are very brave to run in -6C/21F temperatures, glad you enjoyed your run in the cold, where I am in Central Scotland the 9 am temperature was -7.3C/19F and I am just to go out for a walk, not a run. To me the problem in cycling or running in those sort of temperatures is that I feel very cold if I don't put on enough clothes, if I do, then I am sweating inside and still freezing outside, hence no cycling or running until it gets a bit warmer.

orangeguy profile image
orangeguyGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

Yes for about the first 1k it was absolutely freezing this morning, normally the gloves come off after a while but not today 🤔

sigasiga profile image
sigasigaGraduate10

Yes, it was pretty cold here in Gloucestershire too at 7.30 this morning, but the frosted trees looked beautiful. I was tempted to stop for a quick photo but didn't fancy taking my gloves off! Apart from my hands (so numb I could hardly unlock the door when I got back) I was warm enough in my normal running gear and I agree with you, Orangeguy, I like feeling (mostly) warm while running in the cold.

Sandie1961 profile image
Sandie1961Graduate10

I tend to run warm, but I decided not to risk the ice. Might have gone out if it had warmed up but it didn’t, so walking the dog was my exercise today 🐶

Wimborne profile image
Wimborne

Yep that’s pretty crazy 😜.

Agelesslass profile image
AgelesslassGraduate10

Just two walks a day with my dogs for me I’m afraid, not brave like you.

orangeguy profile image
orangeguyGraduate10 in reply to Agelesslass

Well we have snow here this morning but today is my rest day, so its just a walk for me also today. I have a route along an old railway line which is not tarmaced or paved so even when its icy there's plenty of grip.

Agelesslass profile image
AgelesslassGraduate10

Enjoy your walk 😀😀

I dont mind the cold - except the warm up walk, but I cant and wont cope with ice :(

orangeguy profile image
orangeguyGraduate10

Pavements are the worse for ice, if you go "off road" then there is more grip, you have to get there of course though :(

Not what you're looking for?

You may also like...

It was a cold one this morning. . .

The car showed the temperature to be -1 this morning when I got to the car park and it certainly...

It was ‘warm’ this morning

It was...relatively...’warm’ this morning. And dry. If I could just think of WHERE to run I could...

This was a wet one!

Well........ I did wait until it had stopped raining and got out when it had stopped. Everything...

Snowy 5k this morning . . .

Well I had great plans to drive to the local country park this morning for a run, its only a couple...

Cold parkrun and a surprise!

We were lucky that we got very little snow this week and it's already gone here. I kept checking...